On Helwig Street by Richard Russo

On Helwig Street

Richard Russo

256 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
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Jean Russo was a single mother in the 1950s, badly paid and living with her parents in Gloversville, New York, a dead-end town whose heyday as the hub of the leather-goods industry was just a distant memory. ‘You are getting out of Gloversville’ w...

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Moods

emotional 100%
reflective 80%
challenging 20%
funny 20%
hopeful 20%
informative 20%
inspiring 20%
sad 20%

Pace

slow 60%
fast 20%
medium 20%

Average rating

3.67

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